Enterococcus

== Translingual == === Etymology === From English entero- (“of the intestines”) +‎ -coccus (“spherical bacteria”), from Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron, “gut, bowel”) +‎ κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed”). === Proper noun === Enterococcus m A taxonomic genus within the family Enterococcaceae – gram-positive bacteria that resemble streptococci and were formerly classified with them. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Posibacteria – subkingdom; Bacillota – phylum; Bacilli – class; Lactobacillales – order; Enterococcaceae – family ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Enterococcus faecalis – type species; Enterococcus casseliflavus, Enterococcus faecium – selected other species ==== Related terms ==== Streptococcus ==== Descendants ==== VRE === References === Enterococcus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Enterococcus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Enterococcus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Enterococcus at List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature Enterococcus in the Genome Taxonomy Database